Lausanne, Switzerland, July 16, 2013 – The fifth
double-gender Grand Slam of the 2013 FIVB World Tour was held this past week in
Gstaad, Switzerland.

For the men, it was an all Brazilian final, with Alvaro Filho/Ricardo Santos defeating Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar
Schmidt 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) in 46 minutes for the gold medal. It was the pair’s
first FIVB victory together and the first career win for Alvaro Filho. For
Ricardo it was his 55th FIVB World Tour victory.

On the women’s side, China’s Chen Xue/Xi Zhang claimed
their third FIVB victory of the season with a two-set win over Liliane
Maestrini/Barbara Seixas of Brazil (21-16, 21-14) in 42 minutes. Together
Xue/Zhang’s secured their 15th FIVB World Tour career victory.

The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour takes a week
off before moving to the Western Hemisphere for the FIVB Long Beach
Grand Slam in the United States.

The same week as Long Beach there will also be
a double-gender FIVB Open event in Anapa, Russia.

A full run down of the beach volleyball season to date
can be found here